Iowa · Nonprofit
IOWA RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION
IOWA RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $227,650 to it, the largest being IOWA CORN GROWER'S ASSOCIATION ($227,650). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $228k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Iowa Renewable Fuels Association does
Mission
To promote the common business interests of member companies without profit and without the inuring of income to the benefit of any member company or individual. To present the executive, legislative, judicial and regulatory bodies institutional views that are in the best interests of the general public, the renewable fuels industry, and consumers. To work for legislation and for regulations that can reasonably be expected to accomplish the aforesaid purposes and to oppose legislation and regulations not consistent with such purposes. To cooperate with those executive, legislative, judicial and regulatory bodies in achieving those standards of excellence which engender the confidence of the public and of the business community in the products and services of member companies and in the impartial regualtion of the business of member companies. To foster the development and growth of the renewable fuels industry in iowa through education, promotion and infrastructure development.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Public policy: renewable fuels are greatly impacted by public policy. We conducted our annual biofuels: science and substainability tour for 41 us house and senate staff. Irfa also worked on public policy legislative issues in both iowa and washington, dc.
Consumer education: Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (irfa) hosts an annual renewable fuels summit open to the public at no charge. Over 700 registered attendees learned about iowa's ethanol and biodiesel industries as well as the obstacles confronting these industries.several other advertising and events were held, educating thousands of consumers.
Product promotion: Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (irfa) conducted direct outreach to iowa retailers to educate them on the benefits of adding e15, e85 and/or biodiesel to their product offerings. There were dozens of individual meetings, leading to a total of over 1000 e15 locations, 425 e85 locations, and nearly 1650 biodiesel locations. Combined, these locations service tens of thousands of customers.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.5M to $1.8M (+18%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
0% of IOWA RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Montgomery Shaw
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $9k → $44k.
From the IRS filings of IOWA RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of IOWA RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
IOWA RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like IOWA RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION
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In Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for IOWA RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds IOWA RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION?
- IOWA RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $227,650 to it, the largest being IOWA CORN GROWER'S ASSOCIATION ($227,650). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does IOWA RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $227,650 in grants to IOWA RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IOWA RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION?
- IOWA CORN GROWER'S ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $227,650 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IOWA RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing